TODAY: NHL Attendance Through October 27
HOME '96-97 YEAR-TO-DATE '95-96 +/- COMPARED
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP AVG. TO '95-96
MON^ 6 20,718 124,306 97% 18,233 + 14%
PHL^ 6 18,686 112,113 96% 17,345 + 8%
NYR 7 18,131 126,914 100% 18,200 - 1%
TAM^ 3 17,709 53,126 91% 18,868 - 6%
PIT 3 16,197 48,592 94% 16,467 - 2%
BUF^ 5 15,634 78,172 84% 13,732 + 14%
BOS 4 15,610 62,438 89% 17,474 - 11%
OTT^ 3 15,203 45,610 82% 13,251 + 15%
WAS 4 14,938 59,753 82% 15,155 - 1%
FLA 4 14,703 58,812 100% 13,279 + 11%
NJD 5 14,559 72,793 76% 16,493 - 12%
HAR 4 13,420 53,679 86% 11,983 + 12%
NYI 4 10,559 42,234 65% 11,356 - 7%
HOME '96-97 YEAR-TO-DATE '95-96 +/- COMPARED
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP AVG. TO '95-96
DET^ 6 19,961 119,764 101% 19,930 + 1%
CHI 7 17,508 122,559 85% 20,415 - 14%
SJS 3 17,358 52,074 101% 17,190 + 1%
ANH 4 17,029 68,114 99% 17,155 - 1%
VAN^ 6 16,445 98,672 89% 17,796 - 8%
COL 5 16,061 80,305 100% 16,017 + 1%
EDM^ 5 16,032 80,160 98% 12,335 + 30%
CAL^ 5 16,023 80,117 86% 18,000 - 11%
TOR 6 15,659 93,953 99% 15,730 - 1%
STL 5 15,591 77,955 81% 18,806 - 17%
DAL 6 15,400 92,402 91% 15,572 - 1%
PHO^ 6 14,960 89,758 92% 11,315 + 32%
LAK 6 11,527 69,164 72% 13,551 - 15%
NOTES: Buffalo and Philadelphia are playing at
the larger Marine Midland and CoreStates Center,
respectively. Tampa Bay is playing at the smaller Ice
Palace. Montreal and Ottawa are starting their first
full seasons at Molson Centre and Corel Centre,
respectively. Phoenix relocated from Winnipeg and is
playing at the larger America West Arena. Detroit
increased capacity slightly from '95-96. Calgary,
Edmonton and Vancouver decreased capacity slightly from
'95-96. The '95-96 average and comparison is for the
season as a whole. Overall, the league is averaging
16,121 per game and is playing to 90% capacity.
